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During our recent anniversary lunch, Cool Mum and I reminisced about all of the homes we’ve had during our marriage. It took most of our lunch date to reconstruct the timeline.

In all, we’ve lived in 12 places over the 13 years of the Cool Marriage. And that doesn’t include the 12 or so places we stayed for anywhere from one night to a month when we had no place to call our own.

In chronological order with a rough estimate of size, we’ve lived in:

1. A 400 sq ft one bedroom, Gainesville, FL

A cozy starter place across the street from the UF campus. A family member may or may not have cried after seeing how cozy the apartment was. We were there a year. Continue reading →

Subway – which shouldn’t count as an amenity unless I can step out the front door directly onto a train.

A fourth one which I can’t recall. Toilet? Oxygen?

I’m vowing to myself that this will not be a “We chose to live in New York City and have it so tough boo hoo” post. The living situation here is just comical in the obscene prices that you pay for simple conveniences, and I like to talk about comical.

For a couple of years, we lived in 1-bedroom setups on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, usually with no dishwasher and definitely with no laundry in the apartment or the entire building. As one would expect, everything is a tradeoff when it comes to rent. One apartment had great natural light, but was on the fifth floor, no elevator. Another place was a (relatively) cheap ground floor unit, but it was miniscule.

We’ve always wondered what we could get in other cities for what we’ve paid around here, so I did a little research. Of course, this is subjective depending on what part of town you look in, etc., but it’s fun to see how different cities compare in general.

GAINESVILLE, FL

Our old hometown – a vibrant community centered around the University of Florida.

Nine years ago, our friend took this picture of us. Clever Cool Readers will deduce that it was after our wedding and see that the weather took an odd turn toward light showers of rose petals. Here’s the story of our wedding if you’re the wedding story type.

Today, we’re celebrating our ninth wedding anniversary with our favorite pizza on the Upper East Side, much frozen yogurt and fresh toppings, and lots of smiles and laughing. Happy Anniversary to us!